Oklahoma towns wiped out by weekend tornadoes
A string of tornadoes swept 76 miles across four Oklahoma counties around Woodward yesterday and last night destroying small rail line towns. Reports indicate many injuries and several deaths with communications cut as Grand and nearby villages Estelle Cooley Richmond suffered severe damage.
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Woodward
Okla
Estelle
Cooley
Richmond
Grand
Oklahoma
Kansas
Fallo
Tawney
Dakota Town Destroyed By Fire Near Deadwood
Deadwood South Carolina May 14 Camp Creek a town of 400 on the Little Missouri river north of here was destroyed by fire two days ago. The loss was 200000 dollars. The news was brought here by gourtier.
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Deadwood
S.C
Camp Creek
Little Missouri River
Here
Gourtier
Prosperity push meets President Roosevelt in Washington
A National Prosperity association committee from St. Louis met President Roosevelt to discuss reviving prosperity nationwide. E. C. Simmons urged halting radical legislation while praising reforms, and Roosevelt responded with cordiality.
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Washington
National Prosperity Association of
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Frank
E. C. Simmons
Simmons
Soldier goes berserk kills comrades in Calvary unit
Telegram to Adjutant General reports Private Beecham of the 1st United States Cavalry ran amuck, killing First Sergeant William Hory and privates G Wilson and Thomas Woodward, fatally wounding Edward Woodward. It is presumed Beecham was insane when the killings occurred.
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Manila
Adjutant General
Beecham
1St
United States Calvary
William Hory
G. Wilson
Thomas Woodward
Edward Woodward
Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks Birthday Tribute
The article marks the fifty six year old Charles Warren Fairbanks' birthday and details his early life education from Union county Ohio to Ohio Wesleyan University, his legal career in Indianapolis, and long public service including Indiana senate roles and national convention leadership. It notes his unanimous Republican nomination as vice presidential candidate in 1900 alongside Theodore Roosevelt and their electoral victory.
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United States
Charles Warren
Fairbanks
Union County
Ohio
Senate
White House
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cornelia Cole
Supreme Court of Ohio
Indianapolis
United States Senate
Indiana Republian
Republican Caucus
Indiana
de Ame
Jani
Chicago
Vice Prési- Watt
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Gansaway Davis
West Virginia
Dewar 2 No 63 o¢ May 11 Local Farm Notes and Visitors
Frosts slowed corn planting but progress hoped today. Waterlo o residents Borron and Delegardelle bought two modern top buggies. Aug Kurtz barn frame raised. horse power used. Foreman Herb Lindsay and brother Charley left for Montana. locals replaced by Italian workers. Miss Hoyer Meyers visited Grandparents. F T Hemer hosted. Neighbors held a party at Joe Bully's. Kurtz hosted crowd. Strawberries, peaches bloom. potato price 75 cents per bushel at Eighmey's.
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Ralph Borron
Peter Delegardelle
Waterloo
Kurtz
Metcal
Kurtz New Barn
Berg
Dan
C. C. Boyd
Missouri
Herb Lindsay
Charley
Montana
Miss Hoyer
Miss Meyers
Boyer
F. T. Hemer
Win, Hemer
James Allen
Bert Wachs
Geo, Rigdon
J. T. Rigdon
Joe Bully's
Kurts
Johnson
Frank Meier
Theodore Meyer
Waterloa l
saimMe
al Wis
Murder Trail at Gunness Farm Deepens With Graves Found
May 11 reports from Laporte Indiana detail investigators linking Ray Lamphere to the Gunness farm deaths. Dr Meyer testifies to hair in Helgelien's clenched hand resembling Lamphere, while neighbor William Brogiski recalls digging three eight by four foot holes in the barn for refuse and worse.
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Laporte
Lnd
Ray Lamphern Swith
Gunness
Hich
Ray Lamphere
Meyer
Helgeleinis
William Brogisid
Gunness mystery tale draws testimony in Midwest travels
George Anderson of Tar Kia Missouri, claiming to have survived an attempt by Belle Gunness, prepares to testify in Chicago with letters from Mrs Gunness. Another farmer’s friends fear murder by Gunness after a 1907 disappearance, while Warren Farley and others debate sightings near Luganne and La Porte. A New Orleans dispatch notes Taft backing at a Republican state convention.
Engagement of Ambassador's Daughter Ends in Romantic Wedding
London May 11 The engagement of Miss Reid daughter of the ambassador to Hon John Hubert Ward a King's equerry is described as the result of a happy romance. The couple met at social functions over two years and solidified their plans during a visit to Biarritz. After a two week visit Miss Reid remained in London while Ward stayed with the king, then resumed visits at Dorchester House. Ward paraded as a popular bachelor of English society owning 600000 pounds from the earldom and other legacies though succession to the peerage remains unlikely due to distant heirs.
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London
Miss Reid
John Hubert Ward
Miss Rosa
Mr. Ward
Biarnia
King Raward
Ing
Mr .Ward
Dorchester House
Mediterranean
Park Lane
Moncrlotfe
Earl of Dudley
Enforced East Fourth Street Tie Up Ordinance
Mayor Doty and Chief Leighton order enforcement of the forgotten ordinance restricting tying teams on East Fourth Street between Mulberry and the bridge. Cards will be posted citing section 2 of chapter 64 to prevent obstruction by wagons and horses during loading and unloading, with exceptions for merchants.
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East Fourth Street
Doty
Chief Leighton
Mulberry Street
Ibridge
Regulators Propose Limits on Express Companies
Washington May 11. The interstate commerce commission urges the senate to bar express firms and their agents from trading on their own account in commodities moved by express. It proposes allowing current interstate operations to continue via their order and commission departments.
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Washington, D. C
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Express
Order and Commission
We Make You Money Land Sale Offer in Texas Panhandle
We report on the Texas Lang and investment company as the largest operators in this field. They own 190000 acres of promising Panhandle lands in Texas offered at low prices. Purchase with a down payment and balance in ten years at a small interest rate. An excursion is planned, with a May 19 date.
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Texas Lang and Investment Company
Great Panhandle
Texas
Sudden Death Strikes Prominent Engineer E. E. Fox
Webster City Iowa May 11 Arising from a drainage project discussion E. E. Fox prominent civil engineer and Elk of this city was stricken with heart failure and died He was about forty years old and in robust condition Later Harry Brunner of Reakt was taken suddenly ill at an east side hotel and removed to the hospital His wife who accompanied him from Cherokee hopes to pay expenses with her meagre earnings as she awaits assistance from the overseer of the poor
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St. Joseph
Guiness
Laporte
George Anderson
Tarkia
Rock Island
Chicago
Gunness
Anderson
Sweden
Monteith
iMidh
Webster City
Iowa
Fox
Harry Brunner
Reakt ML
Em. Ploynight
Mads
Pdor
Woman attempts suicide after baby in arms
Lilian Barber 26, employed by the Bennett family near Waterloo, tried to kill herself with formaldehyde after a family reunion. She fainted while holding an 18 month old baby and later recovered briefly, then deteriorated. doctors treated her as authorities investigated motive and source of poison.
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Loman Barber
Nathan Bennett
Ag Domestic
Waterloo
Bennett
Hennett
Lilian Barber
Bosework
Jerger
Tellig
Auto Collision At Mulberry And Lane Streets
An automobile driven by Danie N. Kline bumped a streetcar at the Mulberry Lane intersection Saturday afternoon. The car escaped damage and its occupants were not injured, while the trolley car crew Motorman W. H. Stir and Conductor Wehmeyer reported no injuries.
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Danie N. Kline
Independence Avenue
Mmberry
Lane
Mulberry
W. H. Stir
Wehmeyer
Cnd
New Fruit Store to Open in Hamilton Building
Nicholas Spuzzillo operates a fruit art confectionery shop at West Fourth Street and plans a June 1 opening for a new fruit store in the Hos tetler building corner room at East With and Sycamore streets. The rear will house a small butcher shop, while his current West Fourth Street fruit store continues. A separate note reports a woman from Rochelle, Illinois, threatening to kill President Roosevelt at a railroad depot in Leyla yle Kentucky, showing signs of mental instability.
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Weat Fourth Street
Hostetler Building
East Wirth and
Sycamora Strort
West Fourth Street
Spazzaillo
Maude Fleming shoots father in defense of mother
Maude Fleming 25, living near Winthrop in Buchanan County, shot her father Mont Fleming with a 22 caliber pistol at close range while defending her mother from a hammer assault. Mont Fleming died Monday morning from a skull wound. Maude was taken into custody and returned home after arranging for her appearance. The family, once troubled, keeps to their safety and is under local care.
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Fleming
Mont. Fleming
Maude
Winthrop
Spestal
Maude Pleusing
Mont Pleuiing
Buchanan County
Mont Flemings
Mido Wis
Dines
Independence
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